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    Horses That Bite
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Feb 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Horses That Bite

    A horse spends 17 to 18 hours per day eating. Can you imagine how strong their jaws are? Plus, they have nice big teeth at the front of...
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    Dealing with the JigJog Horse
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Jan 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Dealing with the JigJog Horse

    Some horses seem unable to walk calmly along and are constantly doing a jigjog. It is not a walk or a trot, but a bouncy jogging that is...
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    What Does Connection Look Like?
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    What Does Connection Look Like?

    The following is a question I was asked that really got me thinking. “I am wondering if I truly understand the term ‘connection’ with my...
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    Shut-Down Horses
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Shut-Down Horses

    Recently I went to view a horse as a potential purchase for a client. The current owner ran the horse around a round yard for a few...
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    Chatting With Horses
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Chatting With Horses

    Recently I found myself saying to a student, ‘it’s a conversation, not a command’. This one phrase is probably the most important thing I...
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    What is Training?
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Mar 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    What is Training?

    Training is the action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behaviour, according to Google. The main word in this...
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    Grooming Horses
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Jan 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Grooming Horses

    Grooming is the first thing you do with your horse after catching them. The quality of grooming time can set the tone for all that’s to...
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    Heads Up! And How to Avoid This
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Jan 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Heads Up! And How to Avoid This

    One thing many people have difficulty with is horses sticking their heads up when under saddle. This is undesirable for a number of...
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    The Head Drop
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Oct 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Head Drop

    Asking a horse to drop their head with a soft and immediate response is one of the best things you will ever train into your horse. When...
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    Training the Rider to Train the Horse
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Sep 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    Training the Rider to Train the Horse

    In the horse world, there are two main types of people, horse riders and horse trainers. While trainers are an excellent option for...
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    From Domination to Listening
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Sep 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    From Domination to Listening

    Recently a student pointed out that my work is defined by how I listen to horses. The traditional way of interacting with horses is to...
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    Positive Reinforcement
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Jan 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    Positive Reinforcement

    Many people use positive reinforcement with horses, instead of or as well as other forms of training (negative reinforcement,...
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    The Art of Lunging
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Jan 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Art of Lunging

    When a young horse misbehaves, the lead mare may send them out of the herd, running them in circles until they give signals saying they...
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    Considerate Horsemanship
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Dec 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    Considerate Horsemanship

    For quite a while I have been trying to work out exactly what it is that I do with horses. I have called it Natural Horsemanship, and in...
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    MAKE IT EASY
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • May 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    MAKE IT EASY

    Here’s a good question to ask. When I am with my horse am I making it easy for my horse to succeed or difficult? Sometimes I see people...
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    Desensitisation
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Feb 28, 2018
    • 3 min

    Desensitisation

    So what is desensitisation? Well the opposite of sensitisation! And that’s the tricky bit, you must be very clear of what you’re doing as...
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    IT'S ALL ABOUT THE REWARD
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Jan 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    IT'S ALL ABOUT THE REWARD

    Whenever your horse does something that you've asked for it's imperative that you give a reward. This reward lets the horse know that...
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    THE CONVERSATION
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Dec 1, 2017
    • 3 min

    THE CONVERSATION

    When I meet a new horse we often go through what I call ‘the conversation’. This is where we check each other out and decide how we’re...
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    THE PASSENGER GAME
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Oct 31, 2017
    • 3 min

    THE PASSENGER GAME

    This is a great game to play with any horse that has a rusty ‘go button’. It develops forwardness in the horse, gets snappy responses to...
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    TRAINING/DETRAINING
    Suzy Maloney B.Eq.Sc.
    • Oct 1, 2017
    • 3 min

    TRAINING/DETRAINING

    TRAINING/DETRAINING Everything we do with our horses is training them or de-training them. We call it training when the horse ends up...
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